forcibly

[fawr-suh-blee]

adverb

1. using power or strength, especially violent physical power.

   A man leapt onto the platform, shouting and waving an umbrella, and security guards had to forcibly remove him.

   The organization continues to provide safe asylum and protection to forcibly displaced people around the world.

2. strongly or convincingly.

   With this particularly active hurricane season, coastal communities are being forcibly reminded of their vulnerability.

   The writer argues, very forcibly, that a cyber war will not take place.

Other Word Forms

• unforcibly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of forcibly¹

forcib(le) ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

It also demands that Ukrainian children that Kyiv says were forcibly transferred by Russia are returned to Ukraine.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

In 2021, the city started Right to Return, a pilot affordable housing initiative for residents who were forcibly removed due to the construction of the I-10 freeway and the civic center.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

In May, the government said it hoped in due course to review around 300 cases – including ones involving FKU tests – in which Greenlandic children were forcibly removed from their families.

Read more on BBC

The NGO Human Rights Watch warned in a report published Thursday that 32,000 Palestinians remain forcibly displaced due to Iron Wall.

Read more on Barron's

The judgement was delivered after Kanu had been forcibly removed from the courtroom for unruly behaviour.

Read more on BBC

Related Words

• effectively